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A460 traffic and collisions
The A460 is an A-road of 20.0 miles, from Wolverhampton to Staffordshire. This page covers its traffic at 17 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 130m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,784 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 42,874 M6 to M6 Toll westbound off-slip
- HGV share 5.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 155 25.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A460?
On an average day in 2025, 17,784 vehicles passed each point on the A460, counting both directions. The busiest section is M6 to M6 Toll westbound off-slip (Staffordshire), with 42,874 a day; the quietest listed is Stile Cop Rd to A51, with 11,100.
Busiest sections, 2025
M6 to M6 Toll westbound off-slip carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M6 to M6 Toll westbound off-slip Staffordshire · 0.5 mi · HGVs 8.9% | 42,874 |
| Lichfield Road to Junction A460/A4601 Staffordshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 24,575 |
| A460 to A5(T) Staffordshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 11.9% | 24,233 |
| New Rd to M6 Staffordshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 11.1% | 23,465 |
| A34 to A5190 Staffordshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 22,802 |
| A459 to M54 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire · 4.3 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 16,140 |
| A4601 to B5013 Station Rd Staffordshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 15,846 |
| B5013 Station Rd to Stile Cop Rd Staffordshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 12,719 |
| A513 to Armitage Lane Staffordshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 11,271 |
| Stile Cop Rd to A51 Staffordshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 11,100 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wolverhampton to Staffordshire · 20.0 miles
A460 traffic and collisions by section
15 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (1.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A459 to M54Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | 16,140 | 51 |
| 2 | M54 to The AvenueStaffordshire | 23,465 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | The Avenue to New RdStaffordshire | 26,046 | 4 |
| 4 | New Rd to M6Staffordshire | 23,465 | 12 |
| 5 | M6 to M6 Toll westbound off-slipStaffordshire | 42,874 | 3 |
| 6 | M6 Toll westbound off-slip to M6 Toll eastbound on-slipStaffordshire | 34,691 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A460 to A5(T)Staffordshire | 24,233 | 11 |
| 8 | A34 to A5190Staffordshire | 22,802 | 14 |
| 9 | Lichfield Road to Junction A460/A4601Staffordshire | 24,575 | 8 |
| 10 | A4601 to B5013 Station RdStaffordshire | 15,846 | 12 |
| 11 | B5013 Station Rd to Stile Cop RdStaffordshire | 12,719 | 16 |
| 12 | Stile Cop Rd to A51Staffordshire | 11,100 | 9 |
| 13 | A460 to C513Staffordshire | 18,590 | 0 |
| 14 | A513 to Armitage LaneStaffordshire | 11,271 | 6 |
| 15 | Armitage Lane to A513Staffordshire | 10,256 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A460 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A460 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.5% of the vehicle miles on the A460. HGVs account for 5.8%, rising to 11.9% on A460 to A5(T).
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.0% |
| 2001 | 6.9% |
| 2002 | 7.0% |
| 2003 | 7.4% |
| 2004 | 6.6% |
| 2005 | 6.6% |
| 2006 | 7.1% |
| 2007 | 6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.4% |
| 2009 | 6.0% |
| 2010 | 6.1% |
| 2011 | 5.8% |
| 2012 | 5.9% |
| 2013 | 6.1% |
| 2014 | 5.9% |
| 2015 | 6.0% |
| 2016 | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 5.8% |
| 2018 | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 7.5% |
| 2021 | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 7.0% |
| 2023 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.1% |
| 2025 | 5.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A460 traffic trend
Traffic on the A460 came to 130 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 2.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 1.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 89m |
| 2001 | 90m |
| 2002 | 86m |
| 2003 | 94m |
| 2004 | 90m |
| 2005 | 98m |
| 2006 | 113m |
| 2007 | 121m |
| 2008 | 120m |
| 2009 | 120m |
| 2010 | 118m |
| 2011 | 121m |
| 2012 | 119m |
| 2013 | 117m |
| 2014 | 120m |
| 2015 | 124m |
| 2016 | 127m |
| 2017 | 128m |
| 2018 | 139m |
| 2019 | 131m |
| 2020 | 103m |
| 2021 | 114m |
| 2022 | 123m |
| 2023 | 124m |
| 2024 | 125m |
| 2025 | 130m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,981 |
| 2001 | 17,206 |
| 2002 | 16,384 |
| 2003 | 17,968 |
| 2004 | 17,320 |
| 2005 | 18,339 |
| 2006 | 18,923 |
| 2007 | 17,358 |
| 2008 | 17,176 |
| 2009 | 17,163 |
| 2010 | 16,861 |
| 2011 | 17,289 |
| 2012 | 17,008 |
| 2013 | 16,776 |
| 2014 | 17,152 |
| 2015 | 17,745 |
| 2016 | 18,255 |
| 2017 | 18,338 |
| 2018 | 18,724 |
| 2019 | 18,617 |
| 2020 | 14,747 |
| 2021 | 16,326 |
| 2022 | 17,355 |
| 2023 | 17,444 |
| 2024 | 17,708 |
| 2025 | 17,784 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years (78.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 17 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A460 collisions
Police recorded 155 collisions with the A460 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 36 of them fatal or serious, including 6 fatal. That is 25.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 46.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 |
| 2023 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 38 | 6 |
| 2025 | 32 | 6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| A34 to A5190 Staffordshire · 14 collisions | 120.2 |
| A459 to M54 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire · 51 collisions | 41.3 |
| A4601 to B5013 Station Rd Staffordshire · 12 collisions | 25.3 |
| B5013 Station Rd to Stile Cop Rd Staffordshire · 16 collisions | 22.4 |
| New Rd to M6 Staffordshire · 12 collisions | 20.4 |
| A460 to A5(T) Staffordshire · 11 collisions | 15.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 38 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A460 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A460
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wolverhampton
- Staffordshire
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 17 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 155 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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